ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP BOWL
Luo's 2 TD passes, Katz TD
too much for River Dell, 20-6
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ROCKAWAY TWP. - Mike Luo threw touchdown passes to Patrick McAndrew and Evan Turner and Jerry Katz scored on a 24-yard run when the Rockaway Township Rockets peewee youth football team defeated the River Dell Jr. Skyhawks, 20-6, in a Rockaway Township Bowl game played at Peterson Field on Saturday, Nov. 13.
Luo connected with McAndrew on a 39-yard scoring pass for a 6-0 lead after one period. McAndrew got a nice block thrown by Bryce Carpenter that helped him go the distance.
In the second quarter, Luo threw a screen pass to Turner who then took off for a 58-yard pass-and-run play while being chased by what seemed like the entire River Dell defensive team.
Carpenter ran in the extra point and the Rockets had a 13-0 lead that they took into the halftime break.
In the third period, a poor River Dell punt gave the Rockets possession on the River Dell 25-yard line and, on the second play from scrimmage, Katz took off on hit touchdown run and Billy Nieman added the PAT on a run to complete the Rockets' scoring for the game.
The Skyhawks got their only points of the game in the fourth quarter on a 4-yard TD run but could not push across the extra point.
The victory gave the Rockets a season-ending record of 5-4-1.
The Rockets had a tough time penetrating the River Dell defense as they rushed for only 48 yards. Luo picked up 97 yards and two TDs with his passing.
Carpenter gained 10 yards on three rushes as the leading Rockets' carrier.
On defense, Shane Dougherty and Carpenter led the way as Dougherty had four solo tackles, one assist and an interception just before the half that halted a River Dell scoring threat and Carpenter finished with five solos, two assists and a sack.
Ted Demaio and Katz each had a solid defensive showings as Demaio came up with four solo tackles and three assists and Katz finished with four tackles and an assist. Turner also had two tackles.
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Division-champ Randolph tops Rockets, 30-6
ROCKAWAY TWP. - Michael Luo's 15-yard touchdown pass to Pat McAndrew late in the fourth quarter accounted for the Rockets' only points when Rockaway Township lost a 30-6 decision to Randolph in a Morris County Youth Football League peewee game played at Peterson Field here on Saturday (Nov. 6) night.
Randolph finished the regular season with an 8-1 record to win the Iron Division championship in the National Conference of the MCYFL. The Rockets finished 4-4-1 to tie for fourth place in the Hills Division of the National Conference.
The Rockets running attack produced 65 yards against a strong Randolph defense. Troy Dawson had 27 yards in three carries; McAndrew rushed for 12 yards in four carries and caught two passes for another 22 yards; Bryce Carpenter rushed five times for 11 yards; Shane Dougherty picked up seven yards in five carries; Evan Turner rushed twice for six yards; and Jerry Katz had one carry for two yards.
On defense, Dougherty had five solo tackles and two assists; Katz had three solo tackles; Tom Griese had two solo tackles and was in on three others; Dawson had two tackles; Turner had a tackle and two assists; Carpenter had one tackle and one assist; and McAndrew finished with a tackle.
The peewees will play River Dell in the seventh annual Rockaway Township Bowl. The game is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 13, and will be played at Peterson Field here with kickoff set for 4 p.m.
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Carpenter, Dougherty TDs give Rockets 14-6 win
ROCKAWAY TWP. - A first-quarter touchdown by Bryce Carpenter and a third-quarter touchdown by Shane Dougherty gave the Rockaway Township Rockets peewee team a 14-6 victory over the winless Morristown Junior Colonials in a Morris County Youth Football League game played at Morristown on Sunday, Oct. 31.
The win improved the Rockets' season record to 4-3-1; Morristown is 0-8.
Carpenter scored on a one-yard run to cap a first-quarter drive that was keyed by a 33-yard pass play from quarterback Michael Luo to Patrick McAndrews.
The Rockets threatened again in the first half when a Luo-to-Evan Turner screen pass was good for 38 yards to the Morristown 27-yard line but Rockaway Township turned over the ball to end the threat.
The Rockets took a 14-0 lead in the third quarter on Dougherty's 46-yard run and Dougherty's 2-point conversion kick, the Rockets' first successful 2-point conversion of the season.
In the fourth period, Morristown got down to the Rockaway Township 24-yard where the Rockets defense held and took over on downs. Morristown did score on a 28-yard run on its next possession to cut the Rockets' lead to eight points, but time ran out on the Junior Colonials.
Dougherty led the Rockets in rushing with 65 yards on nine carries; Carpenter had 24 yards on nine carries; McAndrews carried six times for 16 yards and caught a pass for 33 yards; Turner rushed five times for five yards and caught a pass for 38 yards; and Billy Nieman carried the ball three times for five yards.
On defense, Tom Griese finished with three solo tackles and two assists; McAndrews had three tackles; Nieman had two tackles and recovered a fumble; and Teddy Demaio and Carpenter each had two tackles.
The peewees close their regular-season schedule on Saturday, Nov. 6, with a 5 p.m. game against Randolph at Peterson Field here in the township.
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Two late Bears' TDs trip up Rockets, 21-6
ROCKAWAY TWP. - The Rockaway Township Rockets peewee team lost a 21-6 decision to Twin Boro when the Bears scored two late TDs in a Morris County Youth Football League game played at Mendham High School on Sunday, Oct. 24.
Trailing 8-6 with the ball on their own 10-yard line, the Rockets lost a fumble that the Bears converted into a touchdown and a PAT run for a 15-6 lead.
The Rockets took the ensuing kickoff, moved the ball to about mid-field and, with time running out, quarterback Michael Luo was hit trying to pass, the ball came loose, and the Bears ran it back 45 yards for the game's final TD.
The Rockets (3-3-1) played the Bears (6-1) almost even for the first three-and-a-half quarters. Twin Boro took an 8-0 lead with a first-quarter TD pass and two-point conversion kick, a lead that held up through the first half.
The second half opened with Twin Boro recovering their own on-sides kick, but the Rockets defense held and Rockaway Township took over on its own 32-yard line.
On the first play, Shane Dougherty broke loose for a 68-yard touchdown run and, after the two-point PAT kick failed, the Rockets were down, 8-6, where the score stayed until the final minutes of the game.
Dougherty finished the game with 101 yards rushing on eight carries. Bryce Carpenter, Patrick McAndrews and Luo combined for 27 more yards and Luo threw a 29-yard pass completion to McAndrews.
On defense, Jerry Katz finished with three tackles, two assists and a pass block; Tom Griese had three tackles and two assists; Kenny Patterson was in on four tackles; Luo had a solo tackle and was in on five other tackles; McAndrews had one solo tackle, two assists and blocked a pass; Carpenter had one solo and three assisted tackles; and Dougherty finished with two tackles, one assist and recovered a Twin Bear fumble.
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Dougherty's three TDs spark Rocket rally, 27-16
ROCKAWAY TWP. - Shane Dougherty scored on a pass play, a kickoff return and a 1-yard run when the Rockaway Township Rockets peewee team rallied for a 27-16 victory over Roxbury in a Morris County Youth Football League game played at Peterson Field here on Saturday, Oct. 16.
Roxbury had just taken a 16-14 lead on a third period TD when Dougherty took the ensuing kickoff and raced 71 yards for the TD that put the Rockets into the lead for good at 21-16 following Billy Nieman's one-point PAT run.
With the Rockaway Township defense shutting down the Gaels the rest of the way, Dougherty added an insurance TD in the final period when he plunged over from the 1-yard line.
Earlier, the Rockets took a 7-0 lead when Mike Luo intercepted a Roxbury pass and returned it 72 yards for TD with Dougherty adding the PAT on a run.
After Roxbury moved in front, 8-7, Dougherty scored his second TD of the game on a 65-yard pass-and-run play. Luo's pass was tipped, but Dougherty still got to the ball for he catch. Bryce Carpenter added the PAT and the Rockets went into the halftime break with a 14-8 lead.
Roxbury came out and scored its go-ahead TD early in the third period but Dougherty came back with his second and third TDs of the game to give the Rockets the victory, a win that put their season record at 3-2-1.
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Nieman's top on PAT try gives Rockets 20-19 win
ROCKAWAY TWP. - Billy Nieman's fourth-quarter tackle on a Mount Olive runner attempting to run in a conversion point enabled the Rockaway Township Rockets peewees to hold on to a 20-19 victory over the Marauders in a Morris County Youth Football League game played at Turkey Brook Field in Mount Olive on Sunday, Oct. 10.
Mount Olive's third and final touchdown came late in the game and brought the Marauders to within a point of the Rockets (2-2-1). Mount Olive attempted a running play for a one-point PAT that would have tied the score at 20 had not Nieman come up with his big stop.
The Rockets took the ensuing kickoff and ran a few plays to get out to the Rockaway Township 30-yard line before time ran out on the game.
Nieman also recovered a Mount Olive fumble in the fourth quarter to set up the Rockets game-winning drive that was capped when Patrick McAndrew scored on a 15-yard run. Shane Dougherty added the all-important PAT on a run to break a 13-13 tie and give the Rockets the lead for good.
Dougherty gave the Rockets a 6-0 lead with a 60-yard TD run in the first period but Mount Olive came back to score the next two TDs to take a 13-6 halftime lead.
Bryce Carpenter scored the only TD of the third period on a 2-yard run. Carpenter's TD capped a 96-yard drive led by Rocket QB Michael Luo that tied the score at 13 going into the final quarter of play. The drive was set up when Mount Olive - looking for a two-TD lead - was stopped on a fourth-and-goal on the Rockaway Township 4-yard line.
Doughterty finished the game with 114 rushing yards on 10 carries; Carpenter added 68 yards on 13 attempts; McAndew rushed six times for 55 yards; and Troy Dawson had two carries for another 14 yards.
On defense, Dougherty finished with three solo tackles and two assists; Carpenter had three tackles; McAndrew had two tackles and one assist; Dawson had one tackle and three assists; and Nieman had his key stop on a PAT attempt and a fumble recovery that gave the Rockets the ball for their winning TD drive.
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Falcons score two 2nd-half TDs to beat Rockets
ROCKAWAY TWP. - The Jefferson Falcons broke a 6-6 tie by scoring the only 13 points of the second half in a 19-6 victory over the Rockaway Township peewees in a Morris County Youth Football League game at Peterson Field on Saturday, Oct. 2.
Patrick McAndrews gave the Rockets great field position when he returned the opening kickoff to the Jefferson 10-yard line. Two plays later, Bryce Carpenter scored a touchdown on a 3-yard run for the only Rockets points for the game.
A pass interception by Carpenter gave Rockaway Township the ball on the Jefferson 41-yard line but the Rockets' offense sputtered and eventually fumbled the ball away to the Falcons.
Jefferson moved the ball to the Rockets' 3-yard line where tackles for losses by Billy Nieman and Shane Dougherty and a combined stop by Jerry Katz and Tom Griese on a 4th-and-goal put a halt to the Falcons' scoring threat.
The Rockets began to move with Dougherty carrying the ball four times for 26 yards and Eric Turner exploding for a 24-yard run, his only carry of the game.
Another Rocket fumble halted the drive and Jefferson was able send the teams into the halftime break tied at 6-6 when the Falcons scored on a 55-yard screen pass on its first play from scrimmage following the fumble recovery.
The Falcons put the winning points on the board in the third period when they went on two long scoring drives, the first ending with a 2-yard TD run and the second with a 5-yard TD run.
The Rockets had three drives halted in the second half - the first by a penalty, the second on a fumble and the third on penalties and a quarterback sack.
Dougherty finished with 40 yards rushing on 11 carries; Carpenter ran four times for 12 yards; and quarterback Michael Luo had seven carries for 13 yards against a solid Jefferson defense.
Jerry Katz was in on seven tackles, two solo and five assists; Dougherty had four solo tackles and two assist; Carpenter finished with two tackles and three assists; Lugo was in on two tackles and Drew Frommelt had one tackle.
The loss saw the Rockets' 2010 season record slip to 1-2-1.
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Dougherty 2 TDs help Rockets tie Broncos, 13-14
ROCKAWAY TWP. - Shane Dougherty's second touchdown of the game followed by a one-point conversion run gave the Rockaway Township Rocket peewees a 13-13 tie against Montville in a Morris County Youth Football League game played at Camp Dawson Field in Montville on Sunday, Sept. 26.
The tie leaves the Rockets with a 1-1-1 record in the Hills Division of the National Conference. Long Valley (3-0) is in first place with Jeffeson and Twin Boro tied for second with 2-1 records. The Broncos are 0-2-1.
Montville took a 6-0 lead in the first quarter but a 57-yard touchdown run by Dougherty pulled the Rockets into a 6-6 tie. Montville quickly regained the lead by returning the ensuing kickoff for a TD and adding a one-point conversion to take a 13-6 lead that lasted until Dougherty's third-period TD run and conversion.
Dougherty finished with 115 yards on 16 carries; Bryce Carpenter added 29 yards on six carries; Patrick McAndrew carred six times for 24 yards; and Jacob Sarrel rushed three times for 10 yards.
On defense, Dougherty had four solo tackles and two assists; Sarrel had three solos and one assist; McAndrew and Carpenter each had two solo tackles and one assist; and Travis Lisa finished with two solo tackles and one assist.
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Dougherty 3 TDs spark Rockets to 28-6 win
ROCKAWAY TWP. - Shane Dougherty scored three touchdowns - two on runs and one on an intercepted pass return - when the Rockaway Township Rockets spotted Somerset Hills a six-point lead and then came roaring back for a 28-6 victory in a Morris County Youth Football League peewee division game played at Ridge High School in Basking Ridge on Sunday, Sept. 19.
Somerset Hills took a 6-0 lead early in the game but the Rockets came back later in the quarter when Dougherty scored on a 58-yard run and then ran in the extra point for a 7-6 lead, a lead they never lost.
Dougherty scored his second TD in the second period when he intercepted a Somerset Hills pass and returned it 57 yards for a score. Jacob Sarrel ran in the extra point and the Rockets too a 14-6 lead into the halftime break.
Dougherty scored his third TD of the game on a 3-yard run in the third period and Sarrel added his second conversion run to give the Rockets a 21-6 lead.
Evan Turner scored the final TD of the game on a 5-yard run in the fourth quarter and Troy Dawson ran it in for the extra point.
Dougherty finished with 88 yards rushing on only eight carries. Patrick McAndrew carried five times for 27 yards; Bryce Carpenter had three carries for 27 yards; Dawson finished with 20 yards on three carries; and Michael Luo, Bill Nieman, Turner, Sarrel and Dawson also contributed yards to the team total of 188 rushing yards.
On defense, McAndrew and Dougherty each had interceptions; Dougherty had four solo tackles and five assists; Sarrel had two tackles and two assists; Carpenter had one tackle and three assists; and Turner had two assists.
The Rockets are 1-1 in the Hills Division of the National Conference of the MCYFL in a tie for third place with Twin Boro. Jefferson and Long Valley are tied for first with 2-0 records.
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Rocket PeeWees open with a loss to Long Valley
ROCKAWAY TWP.. - The Rockaway Township Rockets were held to 96 yards rushing in a 19-0 opening-season loss to the Long Valley Raiders in a Morris County Youth Football League peewee game played at Peterson Field on Sunday, Sept. 12.
Jacob Sarrell gained 40 yards in nine carries for the Rockets; Bryce Carpenter added 31 yards in three carries and caught a pass for 10 yards; Patrick McAndrew picked up 12 yards on four carries and added another 12 yards on kick returns; Evan Turner carried twice for seven yards; and Shane Dougherty had one carry for six yards.
On defense, Sarrel had three tackles and three assists; Dougherty had two tackles and three assists; Walt Lampmann had two tackles, each one for a loss; Carpenter and Evans were each in on three tackles; Troy Dawson had a tackle and three assists; Tom Griese had one tackle and one assist; and McAndrew finished with a tackle.
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Rockets blank Dover, 26-0, in Kickoff Classic
ROCKAWAY TWP. - Patrick McAndrews, Bryce Carpenter, Evan Turner and Justin Parisi scored TDs and Jacob Sarrel and Shane Dougherty each ran for an extra point as the Rockaway Township Rockets stopped Dover, 26-0, in the peewee game of the preseason Kickoff Classic held at Peterson Field here in the township on Saturday, August 28.
McAndrews gave the Rockets a 6-0 first-period lead on a 6-yard touchdown run and Rocket quarterback Michael Luo threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Carpenter in the second quarter with Sarrel adding the conversion to give the Rockets a 13-0 halftime lead.
Turner scored on a 33-yard run in the third period for a 19-0 lead and then Parisi capped the Rockets TD parade with a 31-yard scoring run later in the period with Dougherty tacking on the conversion with a blast through the Tiger line.
Eight different backs shared the running duties for the Rockets with Turner leading the way with 41 yards on only three carries. Carpenter was 3-for-32; Parisi's only carry was his 31-yard TD run; Dougherty was 3-for-30 and also had a reception for 10 more yards; Luo carried twice for 25 yards and completed two passes for 35 yards; Billy Nieman was 4-for-12 rushing; Sarrell was 2-for-11; and McAndrew carried twice for 10 yards.
On defense, Sarrel had an interception and was in on two tackles; Carpenter was in on five tackles; Nieman was in on three tackles; and Dougherty, McAndrew and Patterson also had assisted tackles.
The peewees are back in action on Saturday, Sept. 4, when they travel to Wharton for a 6 p.m. game as part of the Rockets-Junior Knights Mayors' Trophy six-game series.
